Arrow announced Shawscope Volume Four
In a move that should surprised no one, Arrow Video announced Shawscope Volume 4… set for release this December 9, 2025 (just in time for Christmas).
Technology
Record Player R612
The world’s best record players are all made by Audio-Technica. It is the brand that everybody, who is into vinyl, recommends. I would love to own an Audio-Technica product, but all their starter turntables are priced at $200 to $350. Those are the starters, which are the “cheap” entries. If you want to “Step-Up”, those starts at $400… and when you go all-in, you’re looking at $2,000 for a turntable. That is crazy money to throw at a record player, in my opinion.
World Wildlife WordPress of Jacksonville
I’ve never seen so many birds and insects in one place, it’s pretty crazy. I’ve already seen two different snakes and plenty of bugs (some of which I could care less). So, enjoy all the wildlife that I’ve seen around Jacksonville.
Site Update (September 2025)
Since September 1st, I have been really busy backing up the TypePad website, month by month… starting in August 2025 and working backward to January 2007. With everyone also backing up, they knocked the host offline for a few days, so I was worried for a while about getting all my data off of TypePad. It’s all fixed now, so as of a few days ago, I’ve grabbed all the pages and their thumbnails (displayed images). The next step is to drill down and download all the full images… which might not be possible, given the short time frame. We only have a week before they pull the plug.
File under W
Here are a couple of semi-recently released horror movies that I was interested in checking out: Weapons (2025), Witchboard (2024), and Woman in the Yard (2025).
Weekend Gamer: ROG Xbox Ally X price confirmed
We’re about a month away from the launch of the ROG Xbox Ally X, and we still don’t know the actual price. Rumors and UK prices suggests the device will be anywhere from $700 to $800… although I personally thought it would probably be a $1,000 based on the trends I was seeing.
Crime Time Comedy
Naked Gun and Nobody 2
Remarkable Paper Move
The Remarkable company came out with the Remarkable Paper Move (RPM), which is a mini-RPP. The new device is 7.3 inches and can fit in your pocket. It has everything the RPP offers (including the Gallery 3 Color e-ink screen), but only smaller and portable. This very expensive pocket notepad is $500, comes bundled with a pen.
The Next Generation PC Handheld
This Techtober we will be seeing the battle of the PC Handhelds. On one corner is the much-anticipated ROG Xbox Ally X and the other corner is the underdog Legion Go 2. Both will be using the next generation AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Processor on the high-end models. If you were looking for the next level performance, you have to get the Z2 Extreme chip, because the lower-end model’s performance is comparable to last year’s Z1 Extreme.
Shawscope: Volume Three Review
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Sci-Fi: Alien Revival
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Amazon Music Prime available now to Prime Family
I got an email from Amazon today, stating that as a Prime Member through the Family plan, I now have access to Amazon Music Prime.
Weekend Gamer: Fallout Season One Steelbook
I swore, when I was in the middle of moving to Jacksonville, that I need...
Shaw Brothers 2025
The last time I talked about Shaw Brothers (with the announcement of Shawscope Vol 3),...
Don’t Hate the Player
Don't Hate the Player - Alice in Borderland and Squid Game 2
Cinema of the Macabre: Rabid Grannies at Emagine Willow Creek, Plymouth (July 14, 2025)
As a big movie fan and collector, particularly of the horror genre, so I am delighted to see such a good, or rather rabid, fanbase for the Cinema of the Macabre. This is a horror movie series, curated by Tim Alan Holly (who will also introduce the movie with some notes about the film), that takes place every Monday at Emagine Willow Creek, in Plymouth, and as a tourist, I attended the July 14th showing of Rabid Grannies.
Amazon Prime Day 2025
Amazon Prime Day is here. The event will run through July 11. I ask you to not buy anything on those dates, because Amazon will mess up on your orders (wrong items, wrong location, missing deliveries)… it’s almost not worth it for the savings. I’ve experienced these problems first hand. Oh, also, I should also add to the note that the delivery time takes much longer. Normally you get your products in one or two days, but on Prime Day (this also applies to Black Friday), it may take up to a week! It’s incredibly frustrating, so again, I urge you wait two weeks after July 11, if you plan on buying anything on Amazon.
Cancellation Television
Cancellation Television: The Sandman: Season 2 , Rick & Morty: Season 8
Weekend Gamer: The Future of Xbox
Ahead of the ROG Xbox Ally X, set for Holiday 2025, Xbox has updated their Xbox PC App to give you a preview of what to expect for the future of Xbox. Xbox is heavily betting their future on Game Pass and branding the Xbox name on other company’s hardware (for example Asus’ ROG Ally and Meta’s Quest VR).
Weekend Gamer: Fallout Pip-Boy
As a diehard Fallout fan, I have been collecting official Fallout merchandises for years and years. When the Amazon television series was announced in 2024, it was the best thing that could have happened for Fallout collectors. It meant that, for the first time in a long time, we got a ton of official Fallout merchandises, thanks to Amazon’s strong licensing department.
Weekend Gamer: Xbox VR
Without warning, Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition was suddenly available for sale today (June 24, 2025). This is an Xbox Edition of the standalone virtual reality headset Meta Quest 3S, which came out last October.
Lew Apollo at Midway Saloon, St Paul (June 19, 2025)
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TekTok: Portable Air Conditioner
It’s my first time experiencing summer in Florida, and I can tell you that I am not used to this weather. It gets really hot here, regularly in the mid-90s. June is the worst so far.
Weekend Gamer: Summer of Gaming 2025
As the resident Weekend Gamer, I am obligated to mention the craziness of this week in Summer Gaming! Traditionally, since most kids are outside during the summer, game sales are poor… so the gaming industry would announce games in the summer for games to be on sale this holiday or year end.
TV: Killers and Murderers
TV: Killers and Murderers - Predator: Killer of Killers, Murderbot
Weekend Gamer: Update (May 2025)
As for the gaming, I finally got around to putting together my Galaga Arcade1Up. I’ve had this thing in the original box for more than a year, because I knew eventually, I had to move to Jacksonville, and it was just easier to leave things in its compact state. When I put it together, I soon realized I did not bring my Pac-Man and Street Fighter II console controllers… so instead of putting the Galaga side art, I prefer the bright yellowness of the Pac-Man side.
Spectra 6
The next generation of e-ink is here, and it is called Spectra 6.
The original Spectra had only three pigments (red, black, white), but over the years, they evolved to Spectra 6, featuring six colors: red, yellow, blue, white, black, and green… and through those combinations can produce about 60,000 colors.
The age of the $80 video games
The age of the $80 video games is here. It was first announced by Nintendo with its pricing for Mario Kart World.
Apocalypse Wow
Apocalypse Wow - The Eternaut and The Last of Us: Season 2
Weekend Gamer: Oblivion Remastered Deluxe
This is just an update on the new The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered game that was released last week (April 22, 2025). The Remastered is doing really well, as the developer Bethesda announced that they have over 4 million players playing the game.